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Features Editor, Kotaku. Japanese curry aficionado. Author of the books Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life and Final Fantasy V from Boss Fight Books.
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I did it—I played Kingdom Hearts III, or the finely-polished vertical slice of it that Square Enix is willing to…
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Street Fighter II was one of the most popular games of the 1990s all over the world, and that meant that there were…
If the president of Koei Tecmo had his way, the next couple of Warriors games would be Star Wars and Mario. You…
Hey, remember this puzzle from last Friday? If you’re still stumped and want to know the answer, click through and I’ll tell you. Read more
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an 8-bit style spinoff of Koji Igarashi’s upcoming not-Castlevania. It’s out on May 24 for PS4, Xbox One, Vita, Switch, and Steam. This “bonus game” has a very Castlevania III look to its design, allowing you to switch between characters like not-Simon, not-Alucard, et alia. Read more
Happy Friday! Here’s a puzzle to do while you’re pretending to work. Use the comments if you want to collaborate, but avoid them if you’d rather work it out yourself! If you’re still stumped, we’ll reveal the answer on Monday.
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Virtual Console is no more, but that doesn’t mean that Switch won’t become the best place to play classic games.…
Tri-State Area game collectors may want to take out a second mortgage. The ultimate nerd basement, stacked to the…
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Nintendo’s next president likes Golf Story, lived in Germany for 11 years, and has a famous dad.
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There’s a telling scene very early on in the new God of War, in the denouement of an exhausting battle sequence that…
To a collector of classic video games, there’s no sight sadder than a shattered Sega jewel case.
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On this episode of Complete In Box, we’ve got not one, but two copies of the classic adventure game The Secret of…
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In this first episode of a new Kotaku video series called Complete In Box, I take a look at a complete copy of one…
Punch-Out came out on Switch today! No, not Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. Not the Wii Punch-Out, either. The one that…
Goodbye, Boardwalk; hello, Rainbow Road. Hasbro’s latest twist on Monopoly is a Mario Kart theme. And like last…
The original arcade Punch-Out!! is heading to Switch on March 30. That’s when it’ll release on the Japanese eShop, anyway, which anyone can access. It’ll probably end up on other eShops around the same time as part of Nintendo and Hamster’s Arcade Archives. I’m excited! Read more
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PixelJunk Monsters 2, the sequel to Q-Games’ 2008 tower defense game, is coming May 25 to PlayStation 4, Steam, and…